One day,Raul was miles away from the small ranch（牧场） house in a large valley. 36  seemed to be all right, yet he felt strange and somewhat uneasy.The wind had picked up, and angry, dark clouds  37  across the sky. He could smell the rain coming. And it did. 38  ,the lightning flashed through the clouds, nearly  39  Raul. The thunder（雷声） was so loud that he buried his  40   in his hands and rubbed his eyes. Then he heard it. Hoofbeats（蹄声）.He  41 .There before him stood a tall, white  42 . An old man stared down at him from its back.
“Wh-wh-who are y-y-you?” asked Raul. “My name is Gray Cloud,” the old man answered  43 . “Come with me.”
Raul followed on his horse. A  44 feeling came over him. All  45  them the rain was pouring down,  46 not a drop fell on them. They seemed to be  47   back toward Raul’s home. Raul lost track of time. Then all at once he found  48  at the ranch gate. The old man turned his horse,  49  his hand, and smiled. Lightning flashed again. The old man and his horse were  50 .
Raul’s father ran out across the yard  to   51  him. “we have been 52  sick about you. Are you okay? Hurry. Let’s get in out of the  53 .”
“Wait,” said Raul. “Have you ever heard of an old man called Gray Cloud?”
“Can’t say I … wait. I  54 my great-grandfather used to tell storied about a man called Gray Cloud. He died a long time ago. They say he was  55  by lightning during a terrible thunderstorm. Why do you ask?”
36. A.Something  B.Everything               C.Anything                 D.Nothing
37.A.dropped       B.fell                  C.rolled                      D.covered
38.A.Suddenly     B.Strongly           C.Quickly            D.Hardly
39.A.beating               B.blinding           C.burning            D.touching
40.A.nose            B.hair                  C.neck                 D.head
41.A.looked up    B.woke up            C.lay down          D.sat down
42.A.tiger            B.horse                C.lion                  D.elephant
43.A.lazily           B.angrily             C.coldly                     D.slowly
44.A.natural         B.common           C.strange             D.bad
45.A.around         B.beside              C.through            D.above
46.A.yet              B.for                   C.so                    D.or
47.A.walking              B.leading             C.heading            D.returning
48.A.them           B.themselves        C.him                  D.himself
49.A.shook          B.waved              C.held                 D.took
50.A.gone            B.left                  C.followed           D.lost
51.A.see              B.meet                C.beat                 D.ask
52.A.waited         B.thought            C.worried            D.excited
53.A.yard            B.wind                C.grass                D.rain
54.A.believe               B.consider           C.doubt                      D.forget
55.A.defeated       B.caught              C.damaged           D.struck